Review of how to form to the “d” sound: Place the tip of your tongue lightly just behind your upper front teeth on the roof of your mouth and hold your breath. As you release your tongue, force your voice out of your mouth in a little explosion. This is a voiced sound, so you will hear your voice when you say it.

Practice the following sentences.1. Would you like to hold the toad?2. My new bedspreadstayed on my bed.3. The bridecried after she said her vows.4. The blade of the knife made her finger bleed.5. David ate badseafood and became ill.6. Nedused to read the newspaper every day.7. The town changed Mr. Johnson’s zip code.8. The childlied and said she saw a mermaid. 9. She decidedyou’dtried to see the tide through the cloud.10. Were you mad that she paid for our food?

Practice the following paragraph.When David got married, he and his bride went on their honeymoon to Hawaii. They stayed on the island of Maui and woke up each morning looking out their window at the ocean’s tide. They read stories of the maidens sacrificed to the volcanoes and the tales of the mermaid who changed into a human. David and his bride ate seafood at the best restaurants and made pina coladas beside the pool. Everyone bent over backwards to make sure they had a good time. When they left, the bridecried and said that Maui was the most beautiful place she had ever seen.